Top-roll saddle.



No. 798,621. PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905. G. L. PIERCE.

TOP ROLL SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.17,1905.

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TOP-ROLL SADDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed April 17, 1905. Serial No. 255,911.

wicking is contained in a recess or chamber.

It is frequently the case in the employment of saddles of this class that the operative uses her hook (intended to be used to remove bits of tiber, &c.) to dig or draw out the waste or wicking, such use of the hook being intentional or unintentional, as the case may be. In this invention the wicking is concealed and completely protected by one end of a slide, and while the slide at that point has small oilholes there is no opportunity for the operative to thrust the hook into the chamber containing the wicking. Moreover, the slide is formed up around the upper end of the weightstirrup in such a manner as to provide a handle whereby the slide may be moved, as well as to connect the stirrup with the saddle.

The nature of the invention is fully described below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the top rolls of aspinning-machine and of asaddle applied thereto and embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the portion of the saddle which embodies my invention. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal vertical section of the same. a portion of the stirrup being broken off. Fig. -I is a cross vertical section taken at the formed-up portion of the slide, a portion of the stirrup being broken off.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

(I, b, and represent the front, middle, and rear top rolls, respectively, of a spinningmachine.

(Z is the rear saddle, resting on the rear and middle top rolls and provided with a bearing member .g, none of the above being new in this invention.

1/ represents the upper member of the toproll saddle, provided with the rear end l1, which rests on the rear saddle, and with the head 7., which is formed centrally with the deep recess in which is placed the lubricating-wicking 11/, whose ends are set in holes,

as shown in Fig. 3, in a manner not new in this invention.

1/ is an adjustable slide provided centrally with the longitudinal slot 1, whereby the slide is adjustably secured longitudinally to the upper member of the saddle by means of a setscrew 1 The forward end of this slide extends for the whole length and width of the recess completely covering and concealing it, said end being itself provided with a shallow recess 1' over the recess and having a row of small holes s in said recessed portion. The central portion of the slide 11 is formed up at z, to produce a handle, whereby the slide can be moved, and also to embrace the upper end of the weight-stirrup 11, which extends around the upper member of the saddle by means of the opening 7/. A small guide ;I extends up from the member g] through the slot 7' between the set-screw 1 and the handle or fold 2.

Oil is admitted into the recess 1 by means of the small holes s, but these holes are not large enough to admit the hooks in the hands of the operative, and as the slide completely covers the recess 1 there is no way in which the book can be thrust into or slip into (either intentionally or accidentally) said recess and reach the wicking or waste.

The portion 2 can be used to move the slide on the saddle and also serves to connect the stirrup.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a top-roll saddle of the character described, an upper member provided on its upper surface with a recess near its head for the reception of lubricating-wicking, and a slide adapted to be adjusted longitudinally on the surface of said upper member, and extending entirely over the length and width of said recess, whereby the wicking is covered and concealed by said slide.

2. In a roll-top saddle of the character described, an upper member provided on its upper surface with a recess near its head for the reception of lubricating-wieking, and a slide adapted to be adjusted longitudinally on the surface of said upper member, and extending entirely over the length and width of said recess, whereby the wicking is covered and concealed, said slide being provided with suitable oil-holes, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a top-roll saddle of the character described, the upper member 5 the wcight-stir- In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name mp 11 surrounding the upper member by means to this specification in the presence of two subof the opening w and resting thereupon, and scribing Witnesses. the slide n provided substantially centrally GEORGE L. PIERCE.

5 with the formed-up portion t adapted to op- \Vitnesses:

erate as a handle for the slide and a connec- \VARREN PROVENCHER,

tion for the Weight-stirrup. TIMOTHY F. OCONNOR. 

